Description
Volvo Amazon Peking to Paris rallycar
Specs:
1968, Volvo 131, ex-police car Sweden, very solid car.
Engine:
New Penta B20 engine, stored from 1975 till 2015 when the engine was built.
Engine, gearbox and rearaxle has done only 2. 000 km.
8 bolted crankshaft.
Double valve springs.
B 230 big type after 91 rods.
Chevy 4 lifters.
Iskendrian push rods solid.
Valves 44/ 36.
Pistons Wiseco.
Steel camshaft wheel.
TT6 camshaft (Tinus Tuning).
Stage 1 cylinder head.
149 bhp, 205NM.
Sealed Bosch distributor.
240 starter motor.
Flywheel lightened, 6 kilos.
Strengthened sump guard.
Gearbox:
T9 Ford gearbox.
The gearbox is modified as oil can be changed without removing the gearbox.
Sachs competition clutch with Ford splines.
Clutch houses ventilated by mechanical cooling by flywheel. Cools the clutch and make sure no water will enter.
Mechanical clutch can be changed without getting under the car.
Alpha sports filter.
Brakes:
240-disc brakes front.
240-disc brakes rear.
Handbrake moved between front seats.
Power braking.
Axles:
Strengthened front axle bar.
240 rear axle 240 / 4. 11 ratio with LSD.
Front suspension to Volvo Safari specs with reinforces mountings.
Wishbone lower reinforced.
Wishbone upper modified.
Bilstein competition rally shocks reinforced mounting points.
Body:
All brake and fuel lines inside body.
4 Jack points built into sill.
Bilstein high lift rally jack.
70 litres safety tank plus 20 litre army jerrycan fitted into the boot.
Bosch 220 steel spotlights.
All wiring checked, modern fuse boxes.
Towing eye in front bumper.
Lightning point and switch under bonnet.
Safari type skid plate.
Interior:
Rally 4-point seatbelts.
Hand-hold fire extinguisher.
Full roll cage bolted.
Centre interior display with master-switch, fuel-gage, fuses and separate petrol-gauge.
Extra holes made in firewall from interior to the boot to adjust the lower end of the shocks.
Recaro Sportster CS rally seats, new.
Sport steering wheel.
Footrest navigator aluminium.
Footrest driver aluminium.
Extra horn-button for navigator on footrest.
Custom made inner-door pockets.
Exhaust:
Full 2, 5-inch exhaust system, 2 silencers.
Silencer integrated in rear bumper.
Dual exhaust manifold.
Cast iron manifold 4-2-1.
Original fuel tank removed and a hole made in rear bumper to create maximal lift for the exhaust.
Cooling:
Electrical cooling-fan Volvo 240 turbo.
Mechanical fan steel.
Oil cooler in front of radiator.
Oil filter removed to front of the car for cooling.
Modified cooling system.
New radiator with overflow bottle.
Windscreen:
3 nozzles for spraying the windscreen.
Washer fluid reservoir, 5 litre in boot.
Fuel:
Twin fuel pumps red dot.
4 fuel filters.
2 newly overhauled Italian Weber 45.
2 fuel pumps.
Special opening in tail gate to fill petThis Volvo was delivered to the Swedish Police Force on 30th November 1968 and used by the Force until the end of 1971. This is a very solid car and was prepared in 2014-2015 by Stein Johnsen into a long-distance rally car for extreme road and high temperature conditions at high speeds.
The car was ordered by a wealthy Texan racing-driver who wanted to win the 2016 P2P and spent over 100K to build this car. Unfortunately, he had to withdraw his subscription due to circumstances. Stein would have been his navigator and mechanic, and this crew would go for the Golden Ticket overall!
The Volvo tuner ‘Stein Johnsen’ has built 25 Volvo rally cars for all kind of rally drivers, and this is number 26 and his final one. Stein has built all kinds of Amazon, 142’s and PVs for regularity rally and FIA-rallying. Today, original ‘Stein Johnsen rally cars’ very are sought after cars by the connoisseurs.
Stein has used all his knowledge to build the ULTIMATE rally car before he retired building rally cars 10 years ago, and this beautiful red Amazon is the result! This car has all tricks he learned from the Volvo ‘Works’ drivers like Tom Trana and Joginder Singh.
This car was built and tested in Costa Rica to simulate warm conditions and extreme rugged roads for the P2P rally 2016. Stein always painted his ‘own’ used rally cars ‘Ferrari Roso’, what looks great on this Amazon.
The result is probably the best build rally-Amazon ever! Ready for Peking to Paris 2028, ready for the East African Safari, the RAC rally or any other endurance rally with bad roads, extreme conditions and high speeding.
The car is not only strong and reliable but very competitive with its 149 bhp and 205Nm. The engine, gearbox, brakes, suspension and rear axle are built for durability, ‘to finish first, first you must finish’. The B20 engine is a stage-1 tuned, 1986cc as homologated.
There are many pictures that prove all ‘Works’ preparations. Specialists will recognize all special strengthened parts and clever tricks/ solutions.
Since the building process the car was stored into Steins own collection for almost 10 years and now for sale with only 2. 000 km test kilometres. The Amazon runs perfectly and is ready to rock and roll. The car still has the original 1968 Swedish registration.
